Kite-flying device



D. W. SAR-GENT.

KITE FLYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FiLED szPLze. 1917. RENEWED JAN. 19,1921.

Patenwd Mam. 29 1921.

I g'rwwnfoz HWEH Q Emitflying device.

DANIEL WILLIAM SP1. UGENT; OF DAVIS, GALIFORNIA.

RITE-FLYING DEVIGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 29, 1221.

Application filed September 29, .917, Serial No. 194,060. Renewed-January 19, 1921. Serial No. 438,527.

The present invention relates to a kite An object of this invention is to provide a reel for winding and unwinding the cord of kite while the same is in the air; to provide a tripod for saic. reel so that the operator may remain in a standing position when iiying the kite; to provide a foot-rest on the tripod so that the foot of the operator may act as a weight against lateral pressure; to provide a weight on said reel to prevent the same from overturning when the device is subjected to the pull of kite.

Another object is to provide a device for kite flying which is extremely light in weight, simple in construction and economical in manufactur The above, and various other objects and advantages of this invention will be in part described, and in part understood, from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a kite flying device constructed according to the present invention, the same being shown in use.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged view of the upper end of the device with the cord removed therefrom.

Fig. 3 is a detail enlarged plan view of the blank from which the frame of the device is constructed.

Fig. i is a vertical transverse section through the upper end of the device.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary enlarged transverse section through the frame of the device.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates the bottom of base plate of the frame, which latter is preferably made in one piece as shown in Fig. 3. The blank comprises an elongated metallic strip, the intermediate portion of which forms the base plate and which has ears 11 and 12 on opposite ends which are bent upwardly at substantially right angle to the body portion of the strip as shown in Fig. 2 to provide the endportions of the frame. This U- shaped frame comprises the upper part of a tripod structure including the support legs 13, 1d and 15. The upper ends of the legs are attached by pivots 16 to ears 17 which are in the form of angle plates secured against the underside of the frame by rivets 18, the latter being preferably secured through an overturned portion 19of the bottom plate 10., The overturned portion projects from one of the lateral edges of the arm plate and is overturned against the end side thereof for reinforcing the frame and providing a substantial connection between the frame and the legs. The overturned portion 19 is held in place by a screw-eye v20 which is preferably threaded through registering openings formed in the overturned portion 19 of the plate 10. A weight 21 is supported upon the screw eye 20 for seating the tripod structure and holding it from overturning when subjected to lateral pressure. The intermediate leg 14.- which preferably projects rearwardly from the frame is provided near its lower end with a foot rest 22 adapted to support the foot for sustaining the weight of the operator in further maintaining the device upright under the tension of a kite or the like.

Between the cars 11 and 12 of the frame is rotatably mounted a reel, the same c0mprising a central shaft 23 journaled in the ears and supporting near its opposite ends a pair of spaced apart heads 24, the latter being keyed to the shaft 23 and being reinforced by longitudinal core rods 25. A cable 26 is wound upon the reel and is adapted to be attached at its outer end to a kite 27 or the like. A crank handle 28 is suit ably mounted or formed upon one end of the shaft 23 beyond the adjacent end of the frame and is adapted to be turned in opposite directions for paying out the cord 26 and for rewinding the same.

In operation it is only necessary to at tach the kite cord 26 to the reel by tying or otherwise suitably securing the cord to one of the bars 25. The kite 27 may be con-- trolled by turning the reel for raising and lowering the kite, and the device may be maintained in upright position not only by the weight 21, but also by engagement of the foot upon the rest 22, the latter being formed upon the leg ltat the rear side of the device. 7

It is to be observed that the pair of legs 13 and 15 connected and symmetrically arranged with respect to the base plate 10 and the usual practice of grasping the cord 26' and pulling backward and forward thereon so as to elevate the kite sufliciently to dispose it in the upper air currents after which the kite flying device may he raised to the position shown in Fig. 1 by the proper cor-- responding leg 14, and pulling it to upright position using the free ends of legs 13 and '15 as a pivot when so doing. The operators foot may then be disposed on rest 22 in order to hold the kite-flyin device against accidental displacement. ll; is of course desirable to dispose the device when starting to,

fly the kite with the device upon the ground changes and modifications may be made in a the details of construction of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

A reel comprising an elongated base plate upturnedat opposite ends to form a support and having an intermediate extension at one edge overturned beneath the base plate to provide a bottom portion of double thick ness, a leg secured to said bottom portion, legs secured to'the base plate at opposite sides of said portion, and a weightsecured between said legs to the double thick bottom portion for steadying the tripod, said bottom portion providing a support for the first leg, and means for determining the positioning of the other legs and the weight.

DANIEL WILLIAM SARGENT. 

